Jamaica Inn (1939)

Name: Jamaica Inn
Released: 1939

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Genres: Crime, Adventure

What to watch after Jamaica Inn

Under Capricorn (1949) — Same subject: 19th century
Murder! (1930) — Alfred Hitchcock directed both
Secret Agent (1936) — Alfred Hitchcock directed both
The Black Swan (1942) — Same subject: kidnapping, pirate
The Old Dark House (1932) — Same feel: dark, menacing
Island of Lost Souls (1932) — Charles Laughton appears in both